St Edwards School the Water Garden (Canal, Bridge and Pavilion) is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1986. Garden, pavilion.
St Edwards School the Water Garden (Canal, Bridge and Pavilion)
- WRENN ID
- bitter-iron-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1986
- Type
- Garden, pavilion
- Address
- St Edwards School the Water Garden (Canal, Bridge and Pavilion), Melchet Park and Plaitford
- OS grid reference
- SU 271 222
- Coordinates
- 50.99888, -1.6148
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Water Garden at St Edwards School, built between 1912 and 1914 by D. Braddell, features a water garden that includes a canal bridge and pavilion. The structure is primarily made of dressed stone, with the sides of the pavilion constructed from brick and a plain tiled roof. The canal measures 3 meters wide and 20 meters long, with an arch over the source at one end and the pavilion at the other. The canal has stone sides and stone pavings on each side. The arch is adorned with several moulded bands and rusticated keys, set within a stone wall that has pilasters at each end. Winding stone steps lead up to the terrace from the canal. The pavilion, which is rectangular in plan and sits on a high stone plinth, is accessed by three steps from the end of the canal. Its front features a three-bay arcade of Portland stone Ionic columns that support a Bath stone arch and walling, with brick walling at each end and a wide Bath stone entablature above. The roof is hipped, and projecting from each end of the pavilion are quadrant platforms at plinth height, which have remains of columns lying on them.
Local climate
St Edwards School the Water Garden (Canal, Bridge and Pavilion) receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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